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1 Corinthians Part 2 Lesson #14 Chapter 13 Overview

The goal of this particular lesson is the foundation of all Bible study. It is the practice of observing what's in the text. At this stage in our Bible study you're simply taking note and then recording what God has put into the chapter. You're not making any interpretations about what it means or how it applies to your life that will come later. Dont rush through this lesson. Set aside time this week to peer into the living and abiding word of God. Youll be glad you did! On the pages that follow you'll find the text of Chapter 13 in the New American Standard Bible version. Use those pages to do this lesson. Feel free to make notes on the page or mark it up as much as you like to help you do this lesson. Using the same Bible version to do this lesson will cut down on any confusion that would arise if we were all using different versions of the Bible when we get together for class discussion.

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To begin, read through Chapter 13. Now, summarize the contents of Chapter 13. This is not the time to be super detailed; instead, think of trying to tell a 4th grader the contents of the chapter. a. Summarize paragraph 1 (verses 1-3).

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Summarize paragraph 2 (verses 4-7).

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Summarize paragraph 3 (verses 8-13).

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After reviewing the chapter and what you wrote for your summaries, ask yourself: What is the main point of this chapter? How do all the details and events reveal the main idea of the chapter? Record your answer below. 1

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Next, look for a verse in the chapter that best summarizes the entire contents of the chapter. You might be tempted to choose your favorite verse here, but please don't do that. Instead, consider which verse best sums up whats in the chapter. Write down the verse you chose here.

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Now you're ready to title your chapter. Your 3-5 word title should reflect the contents of the chapter. Remember, a title's purpose is to help you remember what is in each chapter.

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First Corinthians 13 is known as the love chapter, so let's start by listing every time the word love is used and what you learn about it. Be sure to include the verse references.

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The words know and knowledge are used frequently in this chapter. Note how they're used in this chapter along with the verse references.

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Paul uses the word all to make a point. List what you learn each time the word all is used.

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Note the use of repeated phrases or phrases that sound similar along with the verse references.

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What other discoveries did you make in this chapter?

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1 Corinthians Chapter 13 1 If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but do not have love, I have become a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 If I have the gift of prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge; and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. 3 And if I give all my possessions to feed the poor, and if I surrender my body to be burned, but do not have love, it profits me nothing. 4 Love is patient, love is kind and is not jealous; love does not brag and is not arrogant, 5 does not act unbecomingly; it does not seek its own, is not provoked, does not take into account a wrong suffered, 6 does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth; 7 bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. 8 Love never fails; but if there are gifts of prophecy, they will be done away; if there are tongues, they will cease; if there is knowledge, it will be done away. 9 For we know in part and we prophesy in part; 10 but when the perfect comes, the partial will be done away. 11 When I was a child, I used to speak like a child, think like a child, reason like a child; when I became a man, I did away with childish things. 12 For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face; now I know in part, but then I will know fully just as I also have been fully known. 13 But now faith, hope, love, abide these three; but the greatest of these is love.

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